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Satan Says Paperback - 1980

by Sharon Olds

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This edition is a paperback (1980) of the original poetry collection. Marilyn Hacker described it as "a daring and elegant first book. This is a poetry which affirms and redeems the art." Ada Limn says the book is "Brave and brilliant," Camille T. Dungy says it's "So direct and honest and unflinching it never fails to take my breath away," and Jan Beatty says, "Satan Says is the single most earth-shattering book of my writing life."

A 45th anniversary release (2025) of Sharon Olds's Satan Says is available in a deluxe hardcover edition (ISBN 9780822948971) or ebook (ISBN 9780822992462).

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  • Title Satan Says
  • Author Sharon Olds
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Later Printing
  • Pages 72
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh
  • Publication date 1980-06
  • ISBN 9780822953142 / 0822953145
  • Weight 0.25 lbs (0.11 kg)
  • Dimensions 8 x 5.5 x 0.4 in (20.32 x 13.97 x 1.02 cm)
  • Category Poetry
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 79024300
  • Dewey Decimal Code 811.54

About the author

Sharon Olds was born in San Francisco and educated at Stanford University and Columbia University. She is the author of thirteen books of poetry, most recently Balladz, a finalist for the National Book Award; Arias, short-listed for the 2020 Griffin Poetry Prize; Odes; and Stag's Leap, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and England's T. S. Eliot Prize. Her other honors include the inaugural San Francisco Poetry Center Award for her first book, Satan Says, and the National Book Critics Circle Award for her second, The Dead and the Living, which was also the Lamont Poetry Selection for 1983. The Father was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize in England, and The Unswept Room was a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Olds teaches in the Graduate Creative Writing Program at New York University and helped to found the NYU workshop program for residents of Coler-Goldwater Hospital on Roosevelt Island, and for veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. She lives in New York City.

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Satan Says. [Association Copy]

by Olds, Sharon / [Jane Cooper]

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1980. First Edition. Pittsburg, University of Pittsburg Press, 1980. 14 x 20 cm. 72 pages. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author's dedication to poet Jane Cooper on the half title and her full signature on the title page. Clean and tight copy with some minor discolorations and a faded spine.
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: University of Pittsburgh Press / Feffer and Simons, 1980. Sixth printing (1990) (stated). Softcover. Very Good+. 8 x 5 1/2 inches. Pitt poetry series. 72p. Inscribed and signed "Sharon Olds" on the title page; pencil marks corner first (half-title) page, else no other marks. A nice copy with tight binding and uncreased spine. Covers shiny, with a few abrasions and a little corner wear. Small spot one page; a little foxing top edge.
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Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1980. First edition. Softcover. 72 pages. Olds' first book, a well received collection of poems. A very good copy in wrappers that are lightly rubbed and with some other minor wear. Signed and warmly inscribed by Olds to fellow poet Marilyn Hacker in the year of publication. A nice association copy.
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1980. Appears unread. SEE PHOTOS. Fine condition. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the POET. Bright, tight and unmarked. The spine is square and flat. NO creases. NOT a library discard. Pages are clean, crisp, and unmarked. First Edition. Softcover. 5.5" wide by 8" tall. Olds's first book. Pitt Poetry Series. Warmly inscribed by Sharon Olds on the front flyleaf: "For Sherry/ with all good feelings & wishes from Sharon / October 80." Bound in the original red/black/blue printed wrappers.. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the POET. First Edition. Softcover. Fine condition. x, 72pp.
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Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1980. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Octavo, 72 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine red, black, and blue with white lettering. General shelf wear to edges and corners of covers. Mild tearing to front hinge at top edge. Scuffing with mild age toning and foxing to covers. Ink stain to bottom corner of rear cover, affecting textblock from page 71 to rear free endpaper. Foxing to edges of textblock. Minor staining to pages 9-14. Previous owner's signature on half title page. Signed flat by Olds on title page. DL Consignment. Shelved in Room C. 1392695. Special Collections.
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